Association Football was fortunate enough to attend the USA v Costa Rica game on Wednesday night at RFK. While the weather wasn’t that great (can you say 45 degrees and rain?), the atmosphere was fantastic from start to finish. We got to the game around 5pm only to find thousands of fans already tailgating–our group had been there for hours–and the positive vibe lasted throughout the game, even during that rough patch in the first half when we went down 2-0 in the span of four minutes. We got this picture as the players did their lap of honor at the end of the match. More pictures after the jump. Enjoy…

One question: Where did Cherundolo get those gloves?

The 9th minute tribute to Charlie Davies was remarkable – so many fans had brought #9’s and cheered throughout the tribute. If only Connor Casey had scored that goal the stadium would have erupted…